Qualifying standards for the 2003 World Championships in Athletics can be found here - Entry standards World Championships Paris 2003
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Snooker is a cue sport that was first played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century. It is played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth, with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue stick and 21 coloured balls, players must strike the white ball to pocket the remaining balls in the correct sequence, accumulating points for each pot. An individual game of snooker is won by the player who has scored the most points by the end of the frame. A snooker match ends with one of the players having won a predetermined number of frames, thus winning the match.
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